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CNN
29-01-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Migrant arrested in NYC on charges out of Aurora, Colorado, is among highest-profile arrests in Trump crackdown
A suspected member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua who was wanted in connection to charges out of Aurora, Colorado, was arrested during a federal immigration crackdown in New York City on Tuesday morning. Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, 26, was arrested in the Bronx early Tuesday by the Drug Enforcement Administration and US Homeland Security Investigations officers, police said. He was wanted for burglary and felony menacing for an incident at an apartment complex in Aurora last August that was captured on camera, according to the Aurora Police Department. He is a high-ranking member of the Tren de Aragua gang, according to a senior law enforcement source with knowledge of the operation. The arrest was part of a series of immigration enforcement actions targeting suspected gang members, according to the source. Newly-installed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accompanied law enforcement on the sweep and repeatedly posted about it on her X account. The highly-publicized arrest comes as at least two agencies assisting US immigration officials with sweeps have told their personnel to ensure their clothing clearly depicts their respective agency in case journalists film them, sources familiar with the operations told CNN. It all adds up to what CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter has described as 'deportation TV.' Zambrano-Pacheco is one of more than 4,000 people taken into custody in the last four days as part of the Trump administration's rapid crackdown on undocumented immigrants across the US. That group of people includes a number with serious criminal convictions or charges, including members of the Tren de Aragua gang in New York City and Atlanta. Ten alleged members and associates of the transnational gang have been indicted on gun trafficking charges in New York City, officials announced Wednesday. They were named in a 120-count indictment and face charges including criminal sale of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon and conspiracy, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Detectives recovered 34 guns, including two assault rifles, and 48 grams of a drug concoction known as 'pink cocaine' after a long-term undercover investigation, Katz said in a news release. Many guns, with prices ranging from $1,200 to $2,800, were 'sold in broad daylight,' including at a shopping center parking lot, according to prosecutors. The Venezuelan gang's operation extended 'as far as Texas and Colorado, with plans to expand to Colombia,' the release said. The immigration sweeps have also led to what border czar Tom Homan has referred to as 'collateral arrests,' a bloodless buzzword for the arrest and detention of men and women from other countries without any criminal record. The tally of arrests represents a significant increase from the Biden administration, which averaged about 300 immigration arrests per day in the fiscal year that ended October 2024. Zambrano-Pacheco was wanted on a warrant out of Aurora on two felony counts stemming from an August 18 incident captured on security camera, in which six armed men knocked on doors at an apartment complex, police said. The fatal shooting of 25-year-old Oswaldo Jose Dabion Araujo occurred about 10 minutes later, police said. The security camera footage spread widely on social media, and Donald Trump repeatedly mentioned Aurora while running for president, saying immigrants were violently taking over buildings in the city, as part of his pledge to crack down on undocumented immigration. More than five months later, five of the six men are now in custody, and the sixth is wanted, police said. Two were arrested in the Bronx during a gang task force operation on November 27, police previously said. Another was arrested in December in Aurora for his suspected involvement in the kidnapping of a married couple by undocumented immigrants at the same apartment complex, police said. That incident was 'without question a gang incident,' and both the perpetrators and victims are Venezuelan immigrants, police chief Todd Chamberlain said. The warrant for Zambrano-Pacheco was issued as part of 'Operation Safe Haven,' an Aurora Police task force set up to investigate crimes involving the migrant community, police said. About 11 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States, the Pew Research Center's latest estimates indicate. The Trump administration is aiming for each of the 25 ICE field offices to make at least 75 arrests a day, according to two sources. 'The numbers you cited are a floor, not a ceiling,' White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller told CNN. 'The goal is to arrest at least that many, but hopefully many more, and the Department of Justice is going to be closely involved in providing the manpower to help achieve those objectives.' John Sandweg, the former acting director of ICE in the Obama administration, told CNN's Laura Coates he's concerned the pressure to rack up large arrest numbers could result in heavy-handed tactics. 'What I'm very interested to see is in the next few weeks as these target lists get exhausted — as they just run out of the easy pickings of the people connected to the criminal justice system — what operational tactics are they going to utilize that feed the machinery that the Trump administration has built?' he said. CNN's Gloria Pazmino, Priscilla Alvarez, Dalia Faheid, Mark Morales and Michael Williams contributed to this report.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
NYC residents praise ICE raids after violent criminals, alleged gang ringleader captured: 'Glad they're gone'
Residents of America's largest sanctuary city are relieved to see sweeping change as violent criminals, including alleged Tren de Aragua ringleader Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, were apprehended in ICE raids led by the Trump administration. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has been on-the-ground as agents nabbed illegal immigrants in the Big Apple, told "Fox & Friends" that residents have voiced their gratitude. "The people of this country want these dirtbags out. They want their communities to be safe," she said. "It was so amazing to me to see people walk by us on the street early in the morning and just say, 'Thank you. Thank you for being here.' This is part of our plan to make sure that we're protecting America, keeping it safe again, just like President Trump promised… [The 'thank you' messages] mean the world to those officers who are out there risking their lives to bring safety back." New York Leaders Express Guarded Support For Trump Ice Raids In Country's Biggest Sanctuary City Some New York City residents in predominantly Black and Hispanic communities have echoed the enthusiasm Noem described. Read On The Fox News App One resident had planned to call ICE on a group of illegal migrants living in the area, but agents arrived before he could. "I'm glad they're gone," he said. "There were 15 of them in a one-bedroom. [They were] destroying the building, doing drugs in front. They're illegally squatting, so they're criminals… if you go inside, it's destroyed." After ICE nabbed alleged Tren de Aragua ringleader Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco in the Bronx, a local shared their relief with The New York Post, saying, "Thank God they got him." The Post quoted Evelyn Brown, an 80-year-old Bronx resident who emigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica, as saying, "Get them the hell off the street! Get them the hell out of the street, so people don't have to walk in fear." Adams Says Nyc Is Coordinating With Ice As Mass Deportations Loom The Trump administration's actions also received praise from Heritage Foundation senior communications director Matthew Tragesser, who, on Wednesday, told "Fox & Friends First" the efforts of the new administration have helped roll back some damage from the Biden era. "We have to applaud the Trump administration for taking initiative and acting quickly to remove these dangerous criminal aliens who have roamed freely for at least four years under the Biden-Harris administration," he said. "Secretary Noem, Border czar Tom Homan, President Trump, they have all focused on eight immigration-related executive orders to restrict immigration, to secure our borders better, and they're acting as quickly as they can. But let's not forget there were hundreds of thousands of criminals, potentially also with unvetted backgrounds entering our country, so that takes some time to remove them from the country." New York City council member Vickie Paladino told Fox News that the "party is over" in the Big Apple for migrant criminals. "They're going after the worst of the worst. We've lived through three years of this mess with these illegals coming in here and ruling the day. … There's a new sheriff in town," she told "America Reports."Original article source: NYC residents praise ICE raids after violent criminals, alleged gang ringleader captured: 'Glad they're gone'
CNN
29-01-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Migrant arrested in NYC on charges out of Aurora, Colorado, is among highest-profile arrests in Trump crackdown
A suspected member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua who was wanted in connection to charges out of Aurora, Colorado, was arrested during a federal immigration crackdown in New York City on Tuesday morning. Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, 26, was arrested in the Bronx early Tuesday by the Drug Enforcement Administration and US Homeland Security Investigations officers, police said. He was wanted for burglary and felony menacing for an incident at an apartment complex in Aurora last August that was captured on camera, according to the Aurora Police Department. He is a high-ranking member of the Tren de Aragua gang, according to a senior law enforcement source with knowledge of the operation. The arrest was part of a series of immigration enforcement actions targeting suspected gang members, according to the source. Newly-installed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accompanied law enforcement on the sweep and repeatedly posted about it on her X account. The highly-publicized arrest comes as at least two agencies assisting US immigration officials with sweeps have told their personnel to ensure their clothing clearly depicts their respective agency in case journalists film them, sources familiar with the operations told CNN. It all adds up to what CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter has described as 'deportation TV.' Zambrano-Pacheco is one of about 3,000 people taken into custody in the last three days as part of the Trump administration's rapid crackdown on undocumented immigrants across the US. That group of people includes a number with serious criminal convictions or charges, including members of the Tren de Aragua gang in New York City and Atlanta. Yet the immigration sweeps have also led to what border czar Tom Homan has referred to as 'collateral arrests,' a bloodless buzzword for the arrest and detention of men and women from other countries without any criminal record. The tally of arrests represents a significant increase from the Biden administration, which averaged about 300 immigration arrests per day in the fiscal year that ended October 2024. Zambrano-Pacheco was wanted on a warrant out of Aurora on two felony counts stemming from an August 18 incident captured on security camera, in which six armed men knocked on doors at an apartment complex, police said. The fatal shooting of 25-year-old Oswaldo Jose Dabion Araujo occurred about 10 minutes later, police said. The security camera footage spread widely on social media, and Donald Trump repeatedly mentioned Aurora while running for president, saying immigrants were violently taking over buildings in the city, as part of his pledge to crack down on undocumented immigration. More than five months later, five of the six men are now in custody, and the sixth is wanted, police said. Two were arrested in the Bronx during a gang task force operation on November 27, police previously said. Another was arrested in December in Aurora for his suspected involvement in the kidnapping of a married couple by undocumented immigrants at the same apartment complex, police said. That incident was 'without question a gang incident,' and both the perpetrators and victims are Venezuelan immigrants, police chief Todd Chamberlain said. The warrant for Zambrano-Pacheco was issued as part of 'Operation Safe Haven,' an Aurora Police task force set up to investigate crimes involving the migrant community, police said. About 11 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States, the Pew Research Center's latest estimates indicate. The Trump administration is aiming for each of the 25 ICE field offices to make at least 75 arrests a day, according to two sources. 'The numbers you cited are a floor, not a ceiling,' White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller told CNN. 'The goal is to arrest at least that many, but hopefully many more, and the Department of Justice is going to be closely involved in providing the manpower to help achieve those objectives.' John Sandweg, the former acting director of ICE in the Obama administration, told CNN's Laura Coates he's concerned the pressure to rack up large arrest numbers could result in heavy-handed tactics. 'What I'm very interested to see is in the next few weeks as these target lists get exhausted — as they just run out of the easy pickings of the people connected to the criminal justice system — what operational tactics are they going to utilize that feed the machinery that the Trump administration has built?' he said. CNN's Gloria Pazmino, Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Williams contributed to this report.
Fox News
29-01-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
NYC residents praise ICE raids after violent criminals, alleged gang ringleader captured: 'Glad they're gone'
Residents of America's largest sanctuary city are relieved to see sweeping change as violent criminals, including alleged Tren de Aragua ringleader Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, were apprehended in ICE raids led by the Trump administration. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has been on-the-ground as agents nabbed illegal immigrants in the Big Apple, told "Fox & Friends" that residents have voiced their gratitude. "The people of this country want these dirtbags out. They want their communities to be safe," she said. "It was so amazing to me to see people walk by us on the street early in the morning and just say, 'Thank you. Thank you for being here.' This is part of our plan to make sure that we're protecting America, keeping it safe again, just like President Trump promised… [The 'thank you' messages] mean the world to those officers who are out there risking their lives to bring safety back." Some New York City residents in predominantly Black and Hispanic communities have echoed the enthusiasm Noem described. One resident had planned to call ICE on a group of illegal migrants living in the area, but agents arrived before he could. "I'm glad they're gone," he said. "There were 15 of them in a one-bedroom. [They were] destroying the building, doing drugs in front. They're illegally squatting, so they're criminals… if you go inside, it's destroyed." After ICE nabbed alleged Tren de Aragua ringleader Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco in the Bronx, a local shared their relief with The New York Post, saying, "Thank God they got him." The Post quoted Evelyn Brown, an 80-year-old Bronx resident who emigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica, as saying, "Get them the hell off the street! Get them the hell out of the street, so people don't have to walk in fear." The Trump administration's actions also received praise from Heritage Foundation senior communications director Matthew Tragesser, who, on Wednesday, told "Fox & Friends First" the efforts of the new administration have helped roll back some damage from the Biden era. "We have to applaud the Trump administration for taking initiative and acting quickly to remove these dangerous criminal aliens who have roamed freely for at least four years under the Biden-Harris administration," he said. "Secretary Noem, Border czar Tom Homan, President Trump, they have all focused on eight immigration-related executive orders to restrict immigration, to secure our borders better, and they're acting as quickly as they can. But let's not forget there were hundreds of thousands of criminals, potentially also with unvetted backgrounds entering our country, so that takes some time to remove them from the country." New York City council member Vickie Paladino told Fox News that the "party is over" in the Big Apple for migrant criminals. "They're going after the worst of the worst. We've lived through three years of this mess with these illegals coming in here and ruling the day. … There's a new sheriff in town," she told "America Reports."
Fox News
29-01-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
NYC residents praise ICE raids after violent gang member captured
Immigration officials have been busy this week removing criminal illegal migrants off New York City streets, with many residents hailing the sweeps as making the Big Apple a safer place to live. A member of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which has gained a foothold in New York City as well as other cities, was among those scooped up in the raids on Tuesday. Gang member Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, 26, was picked up by Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations officers in the Bronx. Zambrano-Pacheco is wanted by police in Aurora, Colorado, for first-degree burglary and menacing with a firearm from an Aug. 18, caught-on-camera incident where police say he and five other armed men are accused of breaking into an apartment at gunpoint. Zambrano-Pacheco was apprehended when immigration authorities stormed an Ogden Avenue apartment building in The Bronx in the early hours, the New York Post reports, citing sources. The building is across the street from a public school. Other sweeps took place in other parts of the Bronx and in Queens and came after President Donald Trump's support throughout the city swelled in 2024. In the Bronx, for instance, Trump's vote increased by 11% compared to 2020. "I'm glad they're gone," one New York City resident told Fox News. "I was planning on calling ICE to be honest with you, but they got here before I was able to call them. There was 15 of them in a one bedroom. They were constantly doing drugs in front [of the building]." He alleged that they were squatting in the building and had "destroyed" an apartment. One Bronx woman, 80-year-old Evelyn Brown, said she is relieved the raids are underway."Get them the hell off the street! Get them the hell out of the street so people don't have to walk in fear," Brown, who is originally from Jamaica, told the New York Post."Take the damn bad ones away!" The Drug Enforcement Administration in New York and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations posted images from the raids. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was also present for the raids and said federal immigration authorities were targeting violent criminals and the operations were "very specific." She called for the Bif Apple's sanctuary city laws – which mandate the city to provide shelter to migrants and prohibit law enforcement from coordinating with ICE – to be lifted. "We are picking up the worst of the worst in this country that are making our streets so dangerous," Noem told Sean Hannity on "Hannity." "The community is safer now. That's the reality of it. Tyreek Goodman, a member of the Bronx County Conservative Party, welcomed the raids and said the threat of the gang's violent crimes had sowed fear within the community. "You do have the feeling, the fear of what happens if they come here next," said Goodman, who is a city council candidate. "There's been a lot of crimes on the MTA, based off people that weren't supposed to be here. So we have to understand that in order to keep our people safe, this is a time for us to stand by law enforcement." Ramses Frías, a local Queens activist who's voiced concerns over a crime crisis gripping his neighborhood, said the raids have also been warmly received by the community. "Many residents, from immigrants to citizens, welcome ICE coming in and taking the criminals out of these communities," Frías, a city council candidate, told Fox News Digital. "They welcome law and order and want safe streets." U.S. Rep Nicole Malliotakis, whose district includes portions of Staten Island and Brooklyn, said the Trump administration was wasting no time to initiate the removal of dangerous, violent foreign criminals and gangs from New York City streets. She said the groups "have wreaked havoc in our city over the past four years and have committed thousands of crimes including robberies, sex crimes, assaulting NYPD officers, and even murder." Not everyone supported the crackdown. New York City Council Member Alhea Athens, a Democrat, said she would demand answers and action to ensure families are protected and human rights are respected. "It is both disheartening and unacceptable that community members are being removed from their homes without due process or transparency," Athens wrote on X. "The long-lasting effects of these raids on our community cannot be undone." New York Attorney General Letitia James, meanwhile, issued an apparent warning to state and local law enforcement cooperating with federal authorities. In a Tuesday X post, she said she would be monitoring the situation closely to ensure that state sanctuary policies are not violated. "My office is aware of the increased presence of ICE across New York City," she said. "I am monitoring the situation to ensure our laws are being respected and people's rights are not being violated. We have sent guidance to law enforcement, and it must be followed."
